| 词汇 | comfort |
| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG COMFORT (as) comfortable as an old shoe Very comfortable; very comforting and familiar.This old house is fine. It's as comfortable as an old shoe.That's a great tradition—comfortable as an old shoe. (as) snug as a bug in a rug cozy and snug. (Informal. The kind of thing said when putting a child to bed.)Let's pull up the covers. There you are, Bobby, as snug as a bug in a rug.What a lovely little house! I know I'll be snug as a bug in a rug. at ease relaxed and comfortable.I don't feel at ease driving when there is a lot of traffic.Mary is most at ease when she's near the sea. at home with someone or something comfortable with someone or something; comfortable doing something.Tom is very much at home with my parents.Sally seems to be very much at home with her car.Mary seems to be at home with her job. creature comforts things that make people comfortable.The hotel room was sparse, but all the creature comforts were there.The entire country of Adonia seemed to lack the expected creature comforts. in one's element in a natural or comfortable situation or environment.Sally is in her element when she's working with algebra or calculus.Bob loves to work with color and texture. When he's painting, he's in his element.He's most comfortable when he can get into his element. make oneself at home to make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home.Please come in and make yourself at home.I'm glad you're here. During your visit, just make yourself at home. sitting pretty living in comfort or luxury; in a good situation. (Informal.)My uncle died and left enough money for me to be sitting pretty for the rest of my life.Now that I have a good-paying job, I'm sitting pretty. COMFORT - LACKING out of one's element not in a natural or comfortable situation.When it comes to computers, I'm out of my element.Sally's out of her element in math. rough it to live in discomfort; to live in uncomfortable conditions without the usual amenities. (Informal.)The students are roughing it in a shack with no running water.Bob and Jack had nowhere to live and so they had to rough it in a tent till they found somewhere. comfort girlslang A woman or girl forced into sexual slavery or recruited into prostitution by and in service of the Japanese Imperial Army before and during World War II. Although the Japanese government officially admitted to its role in coercing women to become comfort girls during the Second World War, there are still many who deny how many women were affected and the extent to which the government was responsible at the time. comfort womanslang A woman or girl forced into sexual slavery or recruited into prostitution by and in service of the Japanese Imperial Army before and during World War II. Although the Japanese government officially admitted to its role in coercing women to become comfort women during the Second World War, there are still many who deny how many were affected and the extent to which the government was responsible at the time. comfort zone1. A place, activity, situation, or psychological state in which a person feels free from anxiety and is within their of ability, experience, security, and/or control. Though it is often outside your comfort zone, traveling to foreign countries gives you a much greater perspective on how other people in the world live. The new job is a little out of my comfort zone, but it will give me a great opportunity to see what I'm truly capable of. 2. The temperature range wherein the human body feels naturally comfortable, being neither too hot nor too cold. Many retired Americans, being more sensitive to the cold, settle in Florida, where the balmy weather better suits their comfort zones. take comfort in (something)To be soothed or calmed by something. I know this trial has been tremendously hard on you, but take comfort in the fact that the man responsible is now behind bars forever. When things get tough, I take comfort in the company of my closest friends. be cold comfortTo fail as an intended source of solace. The news that I got a meager raise is cold comfort after not getting that big promotion. The fact that it's "stage one" is cold comfort to me—it's still cancer! too close for comfort1. So close as to cause worry because of being dangerous or unwelcome in some way. The way these planes fly so low over the house is just too close for comfort. My neighbors and I all feel that the new shopping center they're planning near our neighborhood is a little too close for comfort. 2. Too narrow a margin for error or deviation. Having only $20 in your bank account is far too close for comfort, if you ask me. cold comfortSomething that has failed as an intended source of solace. The news that I got a meager raise is cold comfort after not getting that big promotion. The fact that it's "stage one" is cold comfort to me—it's still cancer! creature comfortsThings that one needs in order to feel happy and comfortable. I have a hard time abandoning my creature comforts to go hiking and camping. At a minimum, I need running water! there, thereA phrase used to soothe one who is upset. There, there, sweetie. Everything is going to be OK. too (something) for comfortHaving more of some quality or trait than one would like or is comfortable with. Used especially in the phrase "too close for comfort." The way these planes fly so low over the house is just too close for comfort. Though the company seems to be doing well, some analysts are actually worried that its stocks are climbing too fast for comfort and could indicate a sudden sharp decrease. comfort stationA public bathroom. I sure hope there's a comfort station at this next rest stop! cold comfortno comfort or consolation at all. She knows there are others worse off than her, but that's cold comfort. It was cold comfort to the student that others had failed as he had done. creature comfortsthings that make people comfortable. The hotel room was a bit small, but all the creature comforts were there. There, there.and There, now.an expression used to comfort someone. There, there. You'll feel better after you take a nap. There, now. Everything will be all right. too close for comfortCliché [for a misfortune or a threat] to be dangerously close. That car nearly hit me! That was too close for comfort. When I was in the hospital, I nearly died from pneumonia. Believe me, that was too close for comfort. cold comfortSlight or no consolation. For example, He can't lend us his canoe but will tell us where to rent one-that's cold comfort. The adjective cold was being applied to comfort in this sense by the early 1300s, and Shakespeare used the idiom numerous times. creature comfortSomething that contributes to physical comfort, such as food, clothing, or housing. For example, Dean always stayed in the best hotels; he valued his creature comforts. This idiom was first recorded in 1659. too close for comfortAlso, too close to home. Dangerously nearby or accurate, as in That last shot was too close for comfort, or Their attacks on the speaker hit too close to home, and he left in a huff. cold comfortCOMMON If a fact or statement is cold comfort to someone in a difficult situation, it does not make them feel less worried or sad. `Three years in higher education is a good investment for the future,' he says. But that is cold comfort to graduates who have worked so hard to get a degree, and now find themselves unemployed. too close/high, etc. for comfortCOMMON If something is too close/high, etc. for comfort, it is closer/higher, etc. than you would like it to be or than is safe. The bombs fell in the sea, many too close for comfort. Levels of crime were still too high for comfort. creature comfortsCreature comforts are all the modern sleeping, eating, and washing facilities that make life easy and pleasant. Each room has its own patio or balcony and provides guests with all modern creature comforts. I'm not a camper — I like my creature comforts too much. Note: An old meaning of `creatures' is material comforts, or things that make you feel comfortable. too close for comfortdangerously or uncomfortably near.cold comfortpoor or inadequate consolation.This expression, together with the previous idiom, reflects a traditional view that charity is often given in a perfunctory or uncaring way. The words cold (as the opposite of ‘encouraging’) and comfort have been associated since the early 14th century, but perhaps the phrase is most memorably linked for modern readers with the title of Stella Gibbons 's 1933 parody of sentimental novels of rural life, Cold Comfort Farm. too — for comfortcausing physical or mental unease by an excess of the specified quality. 1994 Janice Galloway Foreign Parts They were all too at peace with themselves, too untroubled for comfort. too close for ˈcomfortso near that you become afraid or anxious: The exams are getting a bit too close for comfort.ˌcold ˈcomforta thing that is intended to make you feel better but which does not: When you’ve just had your car stolen, it’s cold comfort to be told it happens to somebody every day.comfort station1. n. a restroom; toilet facilities available to the public. (Euphemistic.) We need to stop and find a comfort station in the next town. 2. n. an establishment that sells liquor. Let’s get some belch at a comfort station along here somewhere. close call/shave, aA narrow escape, a near miss. Both phrases are originally American. The first dates from the 1880s and is thought to come from sports, where a close call was a decision by an umpire or referee that could have gone either way. A close shave is from the early nineteenth century and reflects the narrow margin between smoothly shaved skin and a nasty cut from the razor. Both were transferred to mean any narrow escape from danger. Incidentally, a close shave was in much earlier days equated with miserliness. Erasmus’s 1523 collection of adages has it, “He shaves right to the quick,” meaning he makes the barber give him a very close shave so that he will not need another for some time. Two synonymous modern clichés are too close for comfort and too close to home. cold comfortThat’s little or no consolation. “Colde watz his cumfort,” reads a poem of unknown authorship written about 1325. The alliterative phrase appealed to Shakespeare, who used it a number of times (in King John, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew). It acquired cliché status by about 1800. Stella Gibbons used it in the title of her humorous book Cold Comfort Farm (1932). creature comfortsLife’s material amenities. The term dates from the seventeenth century; it appears in Thomas Brooks’s Collected Works (1670), and again in Matthew Henry’s 1710 Commentaries on the Psalms (“They have . . . the sweetest relish of their creature comforts”). cold comfortOffering limited sympathy or encouragement. People who lost their jobs during the recession would likely take cold comfort from economic reports that an upturn was likely to occur in the future. Shakespeare used the phrase in King John: “I do not ask you much, I beg cold comfort; and you are so strait / And so ingrateful, you deny me that.” |
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